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2013-2014 NCAA Men's Basketball |OT|

jakncoke

Banned
Wichita St is the 21st team ever to start 27-0

Other 27-0 teams and their final results(before i get bored of searching that is ;) )

1975-76 Indiana 32-0 National Champions
1974-75 Indiana 31-1 Lost regional final
1963-1964 UCLA 30-0 National Champions
1966-1967 UCLA 30-0 National Champions
1971-1972 UCLA 30-0 National Champions
1972-1973 UCLA 30-0 National Champions
2003-2004 St.Josephs 30-2 lost regional final
1956-1957 North Carolina 32-0 National Champions
 
Wichita St is the 21st team ever to start 27-0

Other 27-0 teams and their final results(before i get bored of searching that is ;) )

1975-76 Indiana 32-0 National Champions
1974-75 Indiana 31-1 Lost regional final
1963-1964 UCLA 30-0 National Champions
1966-1967 UCLA 30-0 National Champions
1971-1972 UCLA 30-0 National Champions
1972-1973 UCLA 30-0 National Champions
2003-2004 St.Josephs 30-2 lost regional final
1956-1957 North Carolina 32-0 National Champions

2004-05 Illini started 29-0 before losing to OSU in the last game of the regular season, on a miracle shot, lost in champ game to UNC that year
 

zomaha

Member
huge day of basketball in the state of nebraska. can't say i ever expected to see #nebrasketball trending, let alone be the top trending topic in the US.
 

thefro

Member
huge day of basketball in the state of nebraska. can't say i ever expected to see #nebrasketball trending, let alone be the top trending topic in the US.

I just looked at their schedule the rest of the way and they have a great shot to make the NCAAs with how favorable it is.

Penn State, Purdue, @Illinois, Northwestern, @IU (completely imploding right now), Wisconsin.
 
I just looked at their schedule the rest of the way and they have a great shot to make the NCAAs with how favorable it is.

Penn State, Purdue, @Illinois, Northwestern, @IU (completely imploding right now), Wisconsin.

That might be the most favorable end to a conf schedule I've ever seen. Holy shit.
 

Servbot24

Banned
1. Syracuse (64) 25-0 1,624 1
2. Florida (1) 23-2 1,543 3
3. Wichita St. 27-0 1,489 4
4. Arizona 23-2 1,427 2
5. Duke 20-5 1,296 8
6. San Diego St. 22-2 1,232 5
7. Cincinnati 23-3 1,157 10
8. Kansas 19-6 1,129 7
9. Villanova 22-3 1,020 6
10. Saint Louis 23-2 1,019 12
11. Creighton 21-4 991 18
11. Louisville 21-4 991 13
13. Michigan St. 21-5 788 9
14. Virginia 21-5 752 17
15. Iowa 19-6 721 16
16. Wisconsin 21-5 609 21
17. Iowa St. 19-5 597 11
18. Kentucky 19-6 579 14
19. Texas 20-5 577 19
20. Michigan 18-7 421 15
21. UConn 20-5 382 24
22. Memphis 19-6 204 20
23. UCLA 20-5 168 -
24. Ohio St. 20-6 133 22
25. Gonzaga 23-4 112 -

duke #5 bit of a joke eh

florida's is the only bracket i care to avoid
 
Duke will either live up to their ranking this week, or they'll take the dive just as they did earlier in the season. 3 games in 5 days, 2 on road, and the home game against the undefeated #1 team in the country.

And the great thing is that it doesn't matter. They'll be in the tournament, they'll have their shot, everything else is just numbers next to a name.
 

Fjordson

Member
I'm already eager for the season to end to be honest. It's shocking how far off we were from being a title contender this year. Part of this is probably just hangover from losing a big game, but it's a disappointing year to be sure (barring a miracle or two in the tourney).
 

Servbot24

Banned
You can't hold Duke beating Maryland by a point at home against them but not hold Syracuse beating State by a point at home against them.

By your logic, Syracuse shouldn't be ranked where they are either.
I'm not. You originally pointed out Cuse's margin as a fault but ignored Duke's. Just pointing that out.
 

Servbot24

Banned
They shouldn't though. When a 5 loss team beats an average team, why does that mean they're better than a 3 loss team that lost to someone good?
 
Kansas was only a spot above Duke and lost to KSU. Nova got smacked by Creighton again and didn't look any better than the first time around, and I don't see how you retain your #5 ranking when you lose to Wyoming.
 
They shouldn't though. When a 5 loss team beats an average team, why does that mean they're better than a 3 loss team that lost to someone good?

I'd wager that a one point win is always better than a 20 point loss no matter who's playing, but that's just me.

But like RF said, this debate is pointless. Duke will show their worth this week, for better or worse. Luckily it's not college football.
 
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Deleted member 12837

Unconfirmed Member
look at their records, the teams above duke had a ways left to fall

The polls are more about momentum and recent history than total body of work.

If Duke was in the other position and lost, but didn't drop in rankings, people would be outraged.

You're probably going to bring up the jump post-Syracuse loss in response to that, to which I'd reply they also won @ a ranked Pitt by 15 that week, and the performance against the soon to be #1 team at their house should speak for itself why it shouldn't be considered a "loss" by the voters.
 

Talon

Member
I'd wager that a one point win is always better than a 20 point loss no matter who's playing, but that's just me.

But like RF said, this debate is pointless. Duke will show their worth this week, for better or worse. Luckily it's not college football.
Meh. I'd rather not get a shitty MSU team go on a run to get its ass kicked in by an ACC team.

This is a reference to a year that is not this year.
 

Servbot24

Banned
The polls are more about momentum and recent history than total body of work.

If Duke was in the other position and lost, but didn't drop in rankings, people would be outraged.

You're probably going to bring up the jump post-Syracuse loss in response to that, to which I'd reply they also won @ a ranked Pitt by 15 that week, and the performance against the soon to be #1 team at their house should speak for itself why it shouldn't be considered a "loss" by the voters.

I didn't have a problem with them staying about even that week. It's the making huge jumps every week for beating garbage teams that seems fishy

I don't really care that much and didn't mean to make it into a whole argument, it's a moot point really. Only rankings that matter are the seeding.
 
Please cry moar about the game on Saturday Turtles. The win is forever and it only tastes better with salt.

If they wanted the benefit of the doubt with ACC refs, they shouldn't have sold out to the B1G. Otherwise GTFO and

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